It is shown that any handle-irreducible summand of every stable-ribbon surface-link is a unique ribbon surface-link up to equivalences, so that every stable-ribbon surface-link is a ribbon surface-link. This is a generalization of a previously observed result for a stably trivial surface-link. Two observations are give…
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New concept of quasi-ribbon surface-links simplifies complex surface-links.
problem Complexity in surface-links of trivial components.
method Introducing quasi-ribbon surface-links as a generalization of ribbon surface-links.
result Every F-link of trivial components on a surface F with at most one aspheric component is a quasi-ribbon surface-link.
Free surface-links are shown to be ribbon links.
problem Characterizing surface-links as ribbon links.
method Four proofs are provided, including a stabilization approach.
result Every free surface-link is a ribbon surface-link.
Author provides an alternate proof of the free ribbon lemma.
problem Proving that every free sphere-link in the 4-sphere is a ribbon sphere-link.
method An alternate proof of the free ribbon lemma.
result Provides an alternate proof of the free ribbon lemma.
New theorem for 4D links simplifies characterisation problem.
problem Long-standing open problem in link characterisation.
method Reidemeister Theorem for solid ribbon torus links.
result Complete characterisation of a related class of links.
Ribbonness of Kervaire's sphere-link in homotopy 4-sphere and its consequences to 2-complexesmath.GT
Kervaire's sphere-link is equivalent to a ribbon sphere-link, simplifying complex 2-complexes.
problem Understanding the structure of 2-complexes and their asphericity.
method Using Kervaire's sphere-link and ribbon sphere-link equivalence, analyzing the compact complement of ribbon disk-links.
result Every connected subcomplex of a contractible finite 2-complex is aspherical.
Revised proof shows ribbonness of surface-links in 4-sphere.
problem Determining ribbonness of surface-links in 4-sphere.
method Surgery along fusion 1-handle systems to prove ribbonness.
result Surface-links in 4-sphere are ribbon if certain conditions are met.
Study on folded ribbon knots and their minimum length.
problem Finding the minimum length of folded ribbon knots.
method Using Kauffman's model of folded ribbon knots and analyzing their properties.
result Proved bounds on the minimum folded ribbonlength for various types of knots.
New equivalence relation on ribbon graphs connects to virtual links.
problem Understanding virtual links through ribbon graphs.
method Introducing a new equivalence relation on ribbon graphs.
result Correspondence between virtual links and ribbon graphs.
Adding a braid closure to a fibered knot makes a link ribbon concordance minimal.
problem Finding the minimal ribbon concordance for links in .
method Link Floer homology combined with classical techniques.
result Any link in can be made ribbon concordance minimal by adding a single unknot.
Study ribbon homology concordances using link Floer homology.
problem Understanding ribbon homology concordances and their effects on link Floer homology.
method Combining results from Daemi, Lidman, Vela-Vick, Wong, and Zemke, using link Floer homology and torsion submodules.
result Ribbon homology concordances induce split injections on .
Ribbon 2-knotted objects are locally flat embeddings of surfaces in 4-space which bound immersed 3-manifolds with only ribbon singularities. They appear as topological realizations of welded knotted objects, which is a natural quotient of virtual knot theory. In this paper we consider ribbon tubes and ribbon torus-link…
We introduce the notion of a ribbon-clasp surface-link, which is a generalization of a ribbon surface-link. We generalize the notion of a normal form on embedded surface-links to the case of immersed surface-links and prove that any (immersed) surface-link can be described in a normal form. It is known that an embedded…
Every link diagram can be represented as a signed ribbon graph. However, different link diagrams can be represented by the same ribbon graphs. We determine how checkerboard colourable diagrams of links in real projective space, and virtual link diagrams, that are represented by the same ribbon graphs are related to eac…
The paper defines cyclic sets from ribbon string links and connects them to quantum invariants.
problem Defining and relating cyclic sets from ribbon string links.
method Endowing ribbon string links with cyclic and cocyclic structures, relating to coend of a ribbon category via quantum invariants.
result Established a relationship between ribbon string links and quantum invariants.
Prove strong ribbon concordance induces a partial order on links, certify minimality for a handful of knots, and find minimal ribbon minimal knots.
problem Prove strong ribbon concordance induces a partial order on links.
method Use results from knot Floer homology to certify minimality under the ribbon partial order.
result Certify minimality for a handful of knots and find minimal ribbon minimal knots.
This note proves properties of surface-links with trivial components.
problem Properties of surface-links with trivial components.
method Analyzes closed oriented disconnected surfaces and their links.
result For certain surface-links, trivial components result in ribbon links.
New bounds found for ribbon numbers of knots and links.
problem Finding bounds for the ribbon number of knots and links.
method Using determinant and Jones polynomial, we find new lower bounds and prove the finiteness of certain sets.
result We determine the set of Jones polynomials for ribbon knots with 11 or fewer crossings.
A quandle coloring obstruction prevents a specific link from being ribbon concordant.
problem Obstructing a specific link from being ribbon concordant.
method Symmetric dihedral quandle coloring analysis.
result A symmetric dihedral quandle of order 4 cannot color a specific surface-link, obstructing ribbon concordance.
Alternative proof for ribbon surfaces in 3D space.
problem Proving ribbonness of surfaces in 3D space.
method Using a compact oriented proper surface in upper half 4-space.
result Link bounds a ribbon surface in upper half 4-space.
Arrow ribbon graphsmath.CO
We introduce an additional structure on ribbon graphs, arrow structure. We extend the Bollobás-Riordan polynomial to ribbon graph with this structure. The extended polynomial satisfies the contraction-deletion relations and naturally behaves with respect to the partial duality of ribbon graphs. We construct an arrow ri…
Ribbonness on classical linkmath.GT
Ribbonness proven for slice knots, solving an old question.
problem Proving ribbonness for slice knots.
method Showing a link bounds a ribbon surface that is a renewal embedding of a bounding surface.
result Every slice knot is a ribbon knot.
This paper studies finite type invariants for welded string links and ribbon tubes, showing characterizations and algebraic structures.
problem Finite type invariants for ribbon knotted surfaces and their relation to welded string links.
method Developed a theory of finite type invariants for welded string links up to -equivalence, studied algebraic structures, and showed characterizations.
result Characterizes the information contained by finite type invariants in low degrees for welded string links.
Study of equivariant ribbon concordance using Khovanov homology.
problem Understanding equivariant ribbon concordance.
method Functoriality of equivariant Khovanov homology under equivariant cobordisms, and induced split injection.
result Equivariant ribbon concordances induce a split injection on equivariant Khovanov homology.
There is a question asking whether a handle-irreducible summand of every stable-ribbon surface-link is a unique ribbon surface-link. This question for the case of a trivial surface-link is affirmatively answered. That is, a handle-irreducible summand of every stably trivial surface-link is only a trivial 2-link. By com…
Every link in R^3 can be represented by a one-vertex ribbon graph. We prove a Markov type theorem on this subset of link diagrams.
Immersed flat ribbon knotsmath.GT
Study minimum ribbonlength of immersed flat knots and links.
problem Finding the minimum ribbonlength for immersed planar knots and links.
method Embedding into disk diagram space to find length minimizers.
result Computed minimal ribbonlength for some knot and link diagrams.
Let p and q be distinct integers greater than one. We show that the 2-component pretzel link P(p,q,-p,-q) is not slice, even though it has a ribbon mutant, by using 3-fold branched covers and an obstruction based on Donaldson's diagonalization theorem. As a consequence, we prove the slice-ribbon conjecture for 4-strand…
Recently, Dasbach, Futer, Kalfagianni, Lin, and Stoltzfus extended the notion of a Tait graph by associating a set of ribbon graphs (or equivalently, embedded graphs) to a link diagram. Here we focus on Seifert graphs, which are the ribbon graphs of a knot or link diagram that arise from Seifert states. We provide a ch…
Determines conditions for ribbon cobordisms between lens spaces.
problem Conditions for ribbon rational homology cobordisms between lens spaces.
method Analyzes ribbon cobordisms and uses properties of lens spaces and linear lattices.
result If a lens space admits a ribbon rational homology cobordism to a different lens space, it must be homeomorphic to , up to orientation-reversal.
We introduce ribbon-moves of 2-knots, which are operations to make 2-knots into new 2-knots by local operations in B^4. (We do not assume the new knots is not equivalent to the old ones.) Let L_1 and L_2 be 2-links. Then the following hold. (1) If L_1 is ribbon-move equivalent to L_2, then we have μ(L_1)=μ(L_2). (2) Su…
We consider knotted annuli in 4-space, called 2-string-links, which are knotted surfaces in codimension two that are naturally related, via closure operations, to both 2-links and 2-torus links. We classify 2-string-links up to link-homotopy by means of a 4-dimensional version of Milnor invariants. The key to our proof…
We introduce Khovanov homology for ribbon graphs and show that the Khovanov homology of a certain ribbon graph embedded on the Turaev surface of a link is isomorphic to the Khovanov homology of the link (after a grading shift). We also present a spanning quasi-tree model for the Khovanov homology of a ribbon graph.
We show that if a link J in the 3-sphere is homotopy ribbon concordant to a link L then the Alexander polynomial of L divides the Alexander polynomial of J.
Paper confirms Whitehead's conjecture for aspherical 2-complexes.
problem Whitehead's conjecture about aspherical 2-complexes.
method Argument on ribbon sphere-links, generalized for aspherical 2-complexes.
result Whitehead's conjecture confirmed for aspherical 2-complexes.
Alternating links bound rational homology balls if their chessboard lattice is cubiquitous.
problem When do alternating links bound rational homology balls?
method Heegaard Floer homology and flows on planar graphs.
result The normalized determinant of the link's chessboard lattice is a necessary and sufficient condition for the link to bound a rational homology ball.
We show that a ribbon concordance between two links induces an injective map on Khovanov homology.
A bottom tangle is a tangle in a cube consisting of arc components whose boundary points are on a line in the bottom square of the cube. A ribbon bottom tangle is a bottom tangle whose closure is a ribbon link. For every n-component ribbon bottom tangle T, we prove that the universal invariant J_T of T associated to th…
We give an example of a 3-component smoothly slice boundary link, each of whose components has a genus one Seifert surface, such that any metaboliser of the boundary link Seifert form is represented by 3 curves on the Seifert surfaces that form a link with nonvanishing Milnor triple linking number. We also give a gener…
Habiro gave principal ideals of Z[q,q^{-1}] in which certain linear combinations of the colored Jones polynomials of algebraically-split links take values. The author proved that the same linear combinations for ribbon links, boundary links and Brunnian links are contained in smaller ideals of Z[q,q^{-1}] generated by …
We consider two approaches to isotopy invariants of oriented links: one from ribbon categories and the other from generalized Yang-Baxter operators with appropriate enhancements. The generalized Yang-Baxter operators we consider are obtained from so-called gYBE objects following a procedure of Kitaev and Wang. We show …
We show that a link in an open book can be realized as a strongly quasipositive braid if and only if it bounds a Legendrian ribbon with respect to the associated contact structure. This generalizes a result due to Baader and Ishikawa for links in the three-sphere. We highlight some related techniques for determining wh…
We define a generalization of virtual links to arbitrary dimensions by extending the geometric definition due to Carter et al. We show that many homotopy type invariants for classical links extend to invariants of virtual links. We also define generalizations of virtual link diagrams and Gauss codes to represent virtua…
Proves module structure on odd Khovanov homology and applies to ribbon 2-knots.
problem Proving module structure on odd Khovanov homology.
method Geometric description of module structure and link cobordism.
result Combinatorial proof of odd invariant for ribbon 2-knots.
Extends Satoh's map to virtual m-links and constructs geometric pictures.
problem Virtual m-links and their geometric representations.
method Generalization of Satoh's map to virtual m-links and construction of geometric pictures.
result New geometric pictures of virtual m-links.
It was recently proved by several authors that ribbon concordances induce injective maps in knot Floer homology, Khovanov homology, and the Heegaard Floer homology of the branched double cover. We give a simple proof of a similar statement in a more general setting, which includes knot Floer homology, Khovanov-Rozansky…
In this paper we consider minors of ribbon graphs (or, equivalently, cellularly embedded graphs). The theory of minors of ribbon graphs differs from that of graphs in that contracting loops is necessary and doing this can create additional vertices and components. Thus the ribbon graph minor relation is incompatible wi…
Study on the ribbonlength of knots and links, improving upper bounds.
problem Finding the infimal folded ribbonlength of knots and links.
method Creating new folded ribbon knots and applying them to improve upper bounds.
result Improved upper bounds for -torus links, twist knots, and pretzel links.